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Pritchard Clyde C.

Name:
Clyde C. Pritchard
Rank:
Technician 5th Grade
Serial Number:
34098240
Unit:
478th Amphibious Truck Company
Date of Death:
1944-04-28
State:
South Carolina
Cemetery:
Cambridge American Cemetery, United Kingdom
Plot:
Tablets of the Missing
Row:
Grave:
Decoration:
Purple Heart
Comments:

Clyde C. Pritchard entered the military service in South Carolina. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II as a Technician Fifth Grade in the 478th Amphibious Truck Company. He was killed during the Exercise Tiger--one of the large-scale rehearsals for the D-Day invasion of Normandy. This took place in April 1944 in Slapton Sands, Devon in the UK. An Allied naval convoy involved in the exercise was attacked by German submarines, and coordination and communication problems resulted in friendly fire deaths. At least 749 American servicemen were killed. Because of the impending invasion of Normandy, the incident was highly classified and the full story did not come out until years later after the war. Clyde was declared "Missing in Action" on April 28, 1944 and is commemorated on Tablets of the Missing, Cambridge American Cemetery, Cambridge, United Kingdom.